Chapter 9 (2/2)
Kahng Seok smirked and offered his hand to Yi Surl-Ah
”Let's stop bickering over this, okay? Surl-Ah, why don't you join up with us? Your brother's Sung-Jin, right? I'll take hi Seok)
”…Why are you willing to let us tag along with your group?” (Yi Surl-Ah)
”That's obvious, isn't it? Unlike the Seok)
”You're a very callous person, aren't you?” (Yi Surl-Ah)
Yi Surl-Ah's expression showed how disappointed she hile her words slowly but powerlessly leaked out of her ood person, too…” (Yi Surl-Ah)
Kahng Seok shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly And then, raised his hand up high
”Hey, , a certain youth standing therehis own business a short distance away froet this stupid Tutorial over and done with as soon as possible? I' Seok)
Although the whole situation had turned out into a strange farce, it really didn't ure out Seol's unknoorth
After all, he was someone not even the Guide couldn't talk down to He was, in other words, someone special
”Please, help us!” (Yi Surl-Ah)
Even Yi Surl-Ah pleaded with him
”Please, help these people! Don't abandon them, please!” (Yi Surl-Ah)
Seol couldn't help but feel like he was stuck in a rock and a hard place, ith being singled out like this
On one side, Kahng Seok and on the other, Yi Surl-Ah
And on one side, the Invited, and the other, the Contracted
One side talked the reality of the situation, while the other tried to appeal to his ely, when faced with such a choice, Seol instinctively activated his ability The entirety of the assembly hall was bathed in the cacophony of colours
'What the…?' (Seol)
For ainto a sea of blood
And no, it turned out that he didn't make a ed fro Seok as shi+ning in orange now There was no colour shi+ning from Yi Surl-Ah at the same ties in colour at this moment Why?
Because, the entire floor was dyed in the deep shade of cri at the sea of blood
'…Recommended to make a hasty retreat, wasn't it?' (Seol)
…Just as Seol thought this, a loud alarm bell went off inside his head
bump!
Suddenly, the wooden floor of the assean tearing up, pieces violently flying off one by one People had to perforain their lost balance as the floor rumbled
”W, what the hell?!”
”An earthquake?”
That line of thought proved to be far too lackadaisical for the current situation
It happened in the blink of an eye
The floor exploded as if a bo bits of wood, a lengthy and rotting ars attached to the end of this arm
This arm drew a short but sharp arc in the air and ca the hair of the totally dazed and stiffly standing Yi Surl-Ah, proceeding to drag her down the newly-created hole
”KKYAHCK!!” (Yi Surl-Ah)
Her head slaeance and bounced up, and like a golf ball rolling towards the flag hole, she got rapidly sucked into the gaping black hole on the wooden floor
”Noonaaaa!!!” (Yi Sung-Jin)
Yi Sung-Jin pounced on the upside-down pair of legs kicking helplessly in the air
”Heeeeelp!!” (Yi Sung-Jin)
That cry sobered up everyone right away, and the crowd rushed in to grab hold of Yi Sung-Jin, as he was also getting dragged into the hole as well As the ten-odd pairs of hands tugged and pulled and yanked, shoes fleay, and then, even loose socks cast the hectic chaos, sos and ankles, and fro of war unfolded
”Hold on!! Don't let go!”
”Pull up!! I said, pull them up!!”
The whole place descended into pure, unbridled chaos Cries and shouts were roared out; no one dared to hold back, as they struggled hard
Even with the coth of ten plus men, Yi Surl-Ah couldn't be pulled out of the hole They were being roughly rocked fro down frorips and crash to the floor
”Euahahah!”
”Hey! Don't let go!”
It was then
SFX for a loud, terrified scream of a woman
The screa screeching tone ly impossible for a human to issue such a sound
Splash!+
And from the hole, cri a blender stuffed full of to on but with its lid not closed, and then, crushed bits of flesh and juice were flying off to everywhere
The crimson blood rained down like a s-Jin)
Her legs that were kicking and twisting until now, suddenly went dead straight and still All of her ten toes curled up sihs tres cut, her knees folded A certain sickening sensation of so to pull her back out
The pulling force froone Everyone fell back hard on their rear ends with loud thuds
A butt And while frowning, he took a look at his hands
He was still holding onto a slender ankle Below that, a s Even further below, a blue skirt soaked in blood
Beyond that… he couldn't see any other connecting body parts All he could see was soled flesh
And then…
”Aaa…”
He saw a shape of so up fro, unkempt hair seemed to dance around unrestrained, caked with blood and bits of human flesh from top to bottom
”Aaah, ah…”
Its head was at least four tile giant eye that took up ale head
”Ah, ah, ahhhhaaaack!!”
The ot up as quickly as he could, and ran for his life He didn't knohere to, but as long as he could get as far away from that creature as humanly possible, he'd be fine with that
Soon, pure chaos descended on the asseot utterly, corotesque appearance, and while screa their heads off, they scattered to everywhere
'…My, ained his oits, he found hi towards the blocked up door
'Why…' (Seol)
It should be nor all around hiressively less and less pro see, even thethe exit; even the nightmarish creature that had fully revealed itself fro li crowd…
Every one of these little things, they were unfolding in slow
'Why…' (Seol)
He found it very difficult to breathe Sweat drops falling on his eyes spread out like paint and blurred his vision
'Why…' (Seol)
Howwas already slippery from the blood It was also sticky, too
His body becaradually slowed down He even had to wonder if he was ai was in a totaland stood still, even though the exit was only a few steps away
Suddenly, the stuffed up breath exploded out He could hear his own escaping breath; the cold wind blowing in fro body to relax His heart continued to pound away in his chest
Seol ell aware how stupid and dangerous it was to ignore the warnings of immediate retreat It wasn't too late to run away, even now Yet…
'Why… a his nose; his body was burning up; and he felt dizzy And then, the fa him went away
The drea world becaain Seol slowly closed his eyes
Theon a corpse, but it stopped and abruptly turned its head around It spun around in a lenear the exit of the hall It ran there on all fours
Kheehick?
Seeing that thean inch, it tilted its head in confusion and craned its neck And like how a personit, the n, unknownodour assaulted his senses
It was a rather fa smell
His sensory perception became incredibly sharp Seol's closed eyes cracked open a sliver In front of his nose, a huge black vertical slit of a pupil, with bloodshot whites surrounding it, aiting
And when his gazefull with desire to kill…
A relaxed smile broke out on Seol's lips
Keeeick!
The monster hurriedly retracted its neck
His eyes still in a narrow slit, he lightly kicked up the broken leg of the chair lying near the exit
To confront it, or to show it his back; he already had his answer; the Seol of the dream told him
He told Seol that a creature like this, it was nothing to hierous situations than this, haven't you?
…Even the Seol fro, before he had lost his ability, said the sa
He snatched the leg of the chair spinning in the air For sorasp
And, even though it wasn't a spear, he still held it like one, and got into a stance
And shortly after that, both eyes of Seol opened up wide
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(TL: The sister-in-law/mother-in-law is a Korean proverb It means the person who pretends to be nice to you on the outside but makes fun/slanders you inside is far worse/hateful)